SOMETIMES FELLOW Christians, who know us and also know that
nudism is an integral part of our lives, ask how we reconcile our fondness for
birthday suits with our commitment to follow scripture.
Among the answers we provide to this sensitive question is
referring believers to Hebrews 4:13, which reads, “And
no creature is hidden from His sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes
of Him to whom we must give account.” [ESV]
We like this verse because it is not one of those that is
more easily taken out of context (say, like a passage from the Old Testament meant
to be applied to a specific worship ceremony).
It is a general life lesson and the lesson is this: No matter what we
do, God IS watching and He knows why we do it in our hearts. For this reason, we’re less fearful that God knows
that we sunbathe naked (of COURSE HE DOES), than what He knows about us deep
down... and for which we’ll have to answer to Him someday.
For example, churches love to put on church suppers. Churches praise the people who help organize
and put on church suppers. Serve as an
organizer of such suppers and it’s unlikely you’ll ever receive condemnation
from the congregation about it. And yet…
What if the ONLY reason we provide such organization efforts is for the praise
we’ll receive? What if it’s JUST so that
we can gorge ourselves on the buffet and leftovers like complete gluttons? What if the supper is SIMPLY a convenient forum for
us to ply our trade selling life insurance products to the people who "fellowship" with us?
Get the idea? Knowing
that God knows everything about us is FAR more humbling to the Bare Platypus
than being caught in our birthday suit on a beautiful day by a beautiful lake
that is His creation. Thanks to what His
son Jesus Christ has done for us, we may be legitimately humbled and cautioned
but we don’t have to fear.
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